AR>> >>Here in the US, one can say utterly barbaric things and > everyone will smile politely. Nobody seems to take words > seriously. Maybe it's too much liberal tolerance. EY>> No, Andreas, it's called freedom of speech. wrong. Freedom of speech is a right (a qualified right, even under the First Amendment). But those who exercise it have no right to do so without critique. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 9:05 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Max Boot > It's the same > freedom of speech that allows you to construct racist > generalizations like: > > "Everyone outside the USA can see how the Bush White House > dealt with the Arabs in Iraq and the Blacks in New Orleans." > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html